Which Nerve to Use? Comparison Between Donor Nerves to Motorize the Free Functional Gracilis Muscle Transfer for Elbow Flexion in Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injuries
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Free Functioning Gracilis Muscle Transfer versus Intercostal Nerve Transfer to Musculocutaneous Nerve for Restoration of Elbow Flexion after Traumatic Adult Brachial Pan-Plexus Injury.
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عنوان ژورنال: HAND
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1558-9447,1558-9455
DOI: 10.1177/1558944716660555ec